Saudi Arabia recorded more than 5.76 million Umrah pilgrims from outside the Kingdom in the first quarter of 2026, according to statistics from the General Authority for Statistics published by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
January recorded the highest number of Umrah pilgrims from abroad in the first three months of the year, with more than 2.23 million, according to a post on the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's LinkedIn account.
Pilgrims from abroad were part of a total of more than 15.23 million Umrah pilgrims from inside and outside the Kingdom in the first quarter of 2026.
The number of Umrah pilgrims from inside the Kingdom over the same period exceeded 9.46 million, with February recording the highest number of domestic pilgrims at more than 4.53 million.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah published these indicators based on General Authority for Statistics data to track the Umrah landscape in the first quarter of 2026.
To view the post on the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's LinkedIn account, click here.
